Vehicle-wheel.



o. SCHOTT. VEHICLE WHEEL.

v AEPLIATION FILED MAY 24,v 1909.

948,076. Patented Feb.1,1910.

iiniTnn sTATEs PATENT carica OSCAR SCHOTT, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

VEHICLE-WHEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Iatented Feb. jl, IQIO.

Application filed May 94, 1909. serial No. 497,987.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OSCAR SCHOTT, a citi zen of the United States, and aresident of the city of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and Stateof Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inVehicle-VVheels, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the improvement of the spoke of the wheel at andin the vicinity of the hub.

Une of the principal objects of my invention is to provide a spoke thatwhen combined with other spokes of like construction, shall constitute astructure from which no spoke can be withdrawn in the direction of itslength; and which spokes shall never become loose, and weaken the wheel.

Another principal object of my invention is to provide a simple andstrong hub, the wood of which is formed from the combination of thesewooden spokes, and which reinforced by the hub flanges or plates shallbe not only strong, but durable.

Another object of my invention is economy of manufacture.

The several features of my inventionand the vario-us advantagesresulting from their use conjointly or otherwise will be apparent fromthe following description and claims.

In the accompanying drawings making a part of this specification, and inwhich similar characters of reference indicate correspondingparts,-Figure l is a side elevation of the spoke embodying a feature ofmy invention. Fig. 2 is an elevation of a series of said spokes combinedin a wheel.

I will now proceed to describe my invention in detail.

` A indicates any one of the spokes. The spokes are preferably madealike. The main portion B of the spoke may be rounded or be square ormany sided, in cross section. rIhe lower end portion C of the spoke isenlarged. The front face C2 and the rear face C2 of this enlargement Care flat. On one edge of this enlarged portion, the wood is cut awaytoward the axis of the spoke, thus forming the shoulder D, and the edgeD2, and the edge D3. A recess D4 is thus formed below the edge D3 of theshoulder D, and extending from said edge D3 to where the axle boxbegins, namely: at the dotted line m, m.

The long edge of the recess I have indicated by the character D5. Theedge D2 and the edge D5 are respectively coincident with radial planesof the wheel, but the edge D3 is at right angles to the radial axis ofthe spoke. On the opposite edge of the enlarged portion C, I form anotch or recess E2. This recess is preferably at the upper portion ofthe enlargement C. One edge E of this enlargement is parallel to theradii of the wheel. This recess forms the shoulder Et. Below thisshoulder EAk and as far as where the axle box is, namely: at the dottedline oc, a", extends the straight edge E5, also coincident with a radiusof a circle. But the edge E3 of the plane of the recess E2 is at rightangles to the plane of the edge E5. The aforementioned edges are all ofthe thickness of a given spoke.

The bottom end I*1 of the spoke is concaved to fit the axle box. rIhespokes thus shaped and formed are put together substantially asindicated in Fig. 2. W'hen the last spoke of the wheel is to be put inposition, it must be put in sidewise, and when put into place, it locksthe entire circle of spokes. No spoke can then be withdrawn. Every spokeis tight and resists a pull upon it in a direction away from the centerof the wheel. Metallic hub-bands are respectively located against therespective two opposite faces of this combination of spokes. The spokesare thus held firmly in position.

What I claim as new and of my invention and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is

l. A spoke, having in its enlarged portion next to the hub and in oneedge a shoulder D, a long recess Dt, extending from the said shoulder tothe hub box, the long edge of this recess and the edge D2 beyond theshoulder edge D3 being coincident with the radii of a circle, while thatedge D3 of the shoulder next to the long edge D5 is substantially atright angles to the axis of the spoke, the spoke having on its otheredge a recess E2 in the enlarged portion C and .near the spoke portionB, thus forming the edge E parallel to a radius of the wheel and an edgeE3 at right angles thereto, the long edge E5 extending from the shoulderEl, E3, formed by the recess E2, being coincident with the radius of acircle.

2. In combination, a circle of spokes fitted together as a part of ahub, each spoke having in its enlarged portion next to the hub and inone edge a shoulder D, a long recess D, extending from the said shoulderto the hub box, the long edge of this recess and the of the wheel and:1n edge E nt right :mgles thereto, the long edge E extending from the10 shoulder E4, E, formed by the recess lig, I heilig coincident withthe radius ot u circle.

OSCAR SCHOTT. Attest:

H. E. ENGELHARDT, K. SMITH.

